Patent attributes
A connecting device for frame members of a frame which facilitates setting and replacement of a showpiece to the frame particularly by devising how to attach a corner member and a frame member is provided. A connecting device for connecting each corner portion of a plurality of frame members constituting a frame such as a picture frame, a poster frame, a jigsaw puzzle frame, and so on is constituted of: a base to which an end portion of each of the frame members is attached to be rotatable in a direction perpendicular to an axial direction thereof; a locking means attached to the base for locking each frame member in an inwardly closed state; and a corner member with a smoothed corner which forms each corner portion of the frame, wherein the corner member is swingably attached to the base. The present invention can also employ all or part of a closing stop means for stopping the frame member at a predetermined position when it is closed to the base; an opening stop means for stopping the frame member at a predetermined position when it is opened from the base; and a stop means for stopping the frame member at a predetermined position when it is closed.
